Six livestreams around Siri Shortcuts to watch
May 25
For the month of May, my main public focus was publishing livestreams related to Shortcuts and my interests as a content creator. I’ve long had
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14 Accessibility shortcuts for Global Accessibility Awareness Day
May 21
On episode 30 of Smart Tech Today, I spent about 10 minutes describing a series of shortcuts I put together that take advantage of the
Entering your home with just a tap (using NFC & iOS)
February 18
Matt Haughey started with an August Smart Lock and ended up getting NFC tags so that everyone in his family could tap in and out of the house.
How far did I walk today?
January 7
Today’s new shortcut is How far did I walk today? is designed for CES attendees but is also good for anyone really: Looks at the
Which CES shuttle should I take?
January 6
New shortcut “Which CES shuttle should I take?“ for CES attendees: Pulls from a dictionary of CES hotel names and their associated shuttle #s, lets
Playing a podcast by time of day using “If” conditionals
January 3
This afternoon, @kcjokes asked for a shortcut that can play a podcast based on the time of day:
Log your sun exposure with an Apple Watch automation ⌚️
January 2
Here’s a Personal Automation for Apple Watch that I’m running automatically at the start of my Walking workouts – Log UV index: Gets the current
Singalong
January 1
New shortcut Singalong for Apple Music users: Turns on the Apple TV, asks if you want to Hand Off music to the TV from the
2020 Meme generator
December 28
Sometimes you just have to make a meme into a shortcut: Takes the “2020” meme with a line of text in the middle and uses
Twitter self-search
December 24
Self-search is a handy shortcut I built for Twitter users: Using a Twitter username inputted on import and a keyword entered when the shortcut is
Pick random Office episode
December 18
If you love The Office and want to have a random episode picked for you, this shortcut is for you: Using a dictionary filled out
Move from Ulysses to iA Writer
December 18
Just created this new shortcut Move from Ulysses to iA Writer: Gets sheets from a group in Ulysses, asks which one to use, then adds
Smart Tech Today 8: Goodnight, Sonos: Voice-Controlled Computing
November 25
On episode 8 of Smart Tech Today, Mikah and I talked about: Amazon Music now free for Android, iOS, and Fire TV Amazon expands its
Automating how loud Siri replies on the HomePod
November 21
I’m a huge fan of the HomePod – after bearing the investment cost, it’s improved my daily interactions with music and opened access to controlling
Opening directly into Watch Later on YouTube with a Siri Shortcut
November 19
How to use Siri Shortcuts to open directly into the Watch Later tab in the YouTube app for iOS
Guest spot on the iMore show #674: Shortcuts!
October 2
Catch the livestream of my appearance on the iMore show, talking all about Siri Shortcuts in iOS 13. I even demo building a shortcut live – but listening along is still good too 🙂
4 types of NFC tags to buy for your Siri Shortcuts automations
September 23
In this post, I make my personal recommendations for which NFC tags you should buy to use with Siri Shortcuts in iOS 13.1.
Covering the Siri Shortcuts update for iOS 13 live on YouTube
September 23
After bugs plagued my main video, I took to a livestream to share about the updates for Siri Shortcuts in iOS 13. Make some popcorn, tune in, and learn what’s new.
Announcing my Shortcuts Library, featuring 150 Siri Shortcuts to use with iOS 13
September 19
Looking for the updated collection? Check out my Shortcuts Catalog, the announcement post, and my new membership. Now that Apple has officially released iOS 13